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August 19, 2026
The National Labor Relations Board on Wednesday rejected Starbucks' appeal of an order denying a board prosecutor's bid to withdraw claims that the company unlawfully changed its policies without bargaining with Starbucks Workers United, finding the company failed to show the judge exceeded her authority in issuing the decision.
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August 19, 2026
A Detroit water infrastructure company has asked the National Labor Relations Board to reconsider its July decision that the company unlawfully fired a striker, saying the board didn't explain why a violation was still found after it discarded certain evidence of anti-union animus that an agency judge had relied on.
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August 19, 2026
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has said an Ohio federal court shouldn't pause professional discipline proceedings against an attorney while he sues the agency, saying he's likely to fail with his suit challenging the fact that a judge from another agency is overseeing his discipline case.
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August 19, 2026
Officials in the National Labor Relations Board's Pittsburgh regional office approved a $3.66 million settlement to resolve an unfair labor practice case alleging that a metal manufacturer illegally refused to recall striking workers previously represented by the United Auto Workers, the agency announced Wednesday.
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August 19, 2026
Amazon and its delivery subcontractors abruptly cut ties with nearly 1,400 delivery drivers in New York state between 2023 and 2025, the Teamsters alleged in a letter to state regulators, urging them to investigate the employer for repeated violations of the New York WARN Act.
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August 19, 2026
The union representing Spirit Aviation's flight attendants has asked a New York bankruptcy judge to reject the bankrupt airline's request to sell its internal data to Google for artificial intelligence training unless the privacy of its members is protected.
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August 19, 2026
The Fourth Circuit on Wednesday affirmed that a district court lacked authority to hear a suit from an immigration judges' union challenging a policy barring judges from speaking publicly about immigration without prior approval.
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August 19, 2026
The Trump administration urged a Washington federal court to deny a labor union's bid to block the government from terminating a collective bargaining agreement covering hydropower dam workers, arguing that appellate courts have rejected similar injunction requests from other unions.
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August 18, 2026
A Texas federal judge on Tuesday ordered Southwest Airlines to send flight attendants a statement saying the company isn't allowed to discriminate based on religion, in order to dissolve a contempt finding in a case from a flight attendant who successfully claimed her views on abortion got her fired.
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August 18, 2026
The Federal Circuit's refusal to curb the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office director's power over instituting Patent Trial and Appeal Board challenges has allowed leaders to "wreak havoc" without accountability, top tech companies have warned the U.S. Supreme Court.
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August 18, 2026
A Service Employees International Union local must arbitrate a dispute over its decision to extend a union employee's probationary period by 180 days, a California federal judge has ruled, finding that the United Auto Workers local representing the worker followed the proper procedure for pursuing a grievance.
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August 18, 2026
A recent National Labor Relations Board decision finding Whole Foods was within its rights to bar employees from wearing Black Lives Matter messages at work shows how fact-specific the board's analysis of protections for political advocacy remains even after a Biden board decision that found similar displays lawful, experts said.
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August 18, 2026
The United Auto Workers shouldn't be a defendant in a lawsuit filed by a General Motors employee who alleged that she experienced disability discrimination in the workplace, the union argued, telling a Tennessee federal judge that it hasn't discriminated against the employee in any way.
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August 18, 2026
A New Jersey federal judge on Tuesday tossed three state wage claims brought by United Airlines flight attendants in a suit alleging they were not paid for preflight, post-flight and layover work, finding federal labor law requires the disputes to be resolved through arbitration rather than in court.
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August 18, 2026
A clinical research company violated federal labor law by firing a worker who discussed payroll issues with other employees, a National Labor Relations Board judge has ruled, rejecting the company's argument that the worker was an independent contractor.
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August 18, 2026
A New York meat distributor can't ask the D.C. Circuit to forbid the National Labor Relations Board from making employers cover workers' layoff-related expenses when the layoff violates federal labor law, as the distributor never raised this argument before the board, the agency said.
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August 18, 2026
Three Shell affiliates violated federal labor law by refusing to give United Steelworkers the racial demographics of their employees, a National Labor Relations Board judge ruled, finding that the information was relevant due to the nondiscrimination language in the collective bargaining agreement between the parties.
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August 17, 2026
A union representation election at a Utah tile installation company should take place by mail-in ballot because certain voters and jobsites are scattered outside the company's Salt Lake City facility, the head of the National Labor Relations Board's Denver regional office has determined.
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August 17, 2026
A Tennessee federal judge on Monday rejected General Motors' bid to toss an employee's lawsuit alleging the company failed to promote her because of her sex, rejecting the company's claim that the employee was barred from suing over allegations the parties previously resolved.
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August 17, 2026
An Oregon medical center violated federal labor law when a labor consultant told employees they would have a hard time improving their health insurance options in bargaining if they unionized, a National Labor Relations Board judge held Monday, saying the remark went beyond describing the uncertainty present in bargaining.
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August 17, 2026
Uber and Lyft drivers in California are poised to be among the first gig economy workers in the nation to labor under a collective bargaining agreement after the state accepted a union's proof of support, but the strength of that deal may hinge on the union's capability to mobilize a large, sprawling unit.
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August 17, 2026
Hartford HealthCare has agreed to re-review 113 documents over which the hospital operator asserted attorney-client privilege in an antitrust lawsuit by a Teamsters health plan and a local Connecticut transit district, following a federal magistrate judge's concerns about a nearly 1,000-page privilege log.
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August 17, 2026
A Vermont federal judge blocked the closure of a century-old creamery in the city of St. Albans on Monday, saying a Teamsters local convincingly argued that the billion-dollar dairy cooperative that acquired the creamery in 2019 is shuttering the facility to retaliate against the union for striking last fall.
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August 17, 2026
Littler Mendelson PC announced Monday that it had appointed its first pro bono counsel to enhance the firm's efforts supporting access to justice.
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August 17, 2026
The Seventh Circuit reversed an Indiana federal court's decision holding that certain union retirees of aluminum giant Alcoa and their beneficiaries had a vested right to health benefits for life, finding error with the lower court's judicial estoppel analysis that formed the basis for its judgment on liability.